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johnorun
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 Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 1:13 am Post subject: Fluke 1953A Poll |
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I need your help. 
Like several members here, I love to take stuff apart and I got this working Fluke 1953A Counter-Timer on Ebay a few months ago and I have a dilemma--
I would like to take the board with the P4040 CPU out to display, but this machine is so well made I hate to destroy it.
I don't have any need to use this piece of test equipment (unless it transforms common chips into rare ones). 
So tell me if it's an extremely useful machine for me or if I should just take it apart for my own purposes...to get the chips, of course. 
PLEASE VOTE-
YES, I should take it apart
or
NO, it's too useful to take apart.
I'll decide based on the votes posted by Friday night.
Thanks.
Pics below----
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kosmokrator
Joined: 03 Jul 2008
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Location: Athens-GR
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 3:32 am Post subject: |
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i vote no......
take the machine and keep it for test some 4040 chips if working or not in the future....
ill take this in your position ....
if some day i find a compete working stuff with some 4004 inside ill do the same
nice find if the price is acceptable |
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hugo929
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Location: China
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JAC
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| Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2010 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I agree w/ kosmo. |
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donutty
Joined: 16 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah... keep it working! Makes no sence to kill it just to display a chip. I'll make you a custom display PCB to swap for that Fluke |
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alexander
Joined: 08 Aug 2007
Posts: 131
Location: Strasbourg France
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| Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 2:05 am Post subject: |
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This is the IEEE-488 Standard Interface Processor Board - Option -15
Maintenance Manual at Bitsavers. Uninstall it and the Fluke remains working. |
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wepwawet
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 3:24 pm Post subject: |
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Destroyed is destroyed.
You WILL regret sometimes...
So leave it as it is and start collecting old Computers.
Btw THIS is a nice 4040 test system!!!
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CPUShack
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:11 pm Post subject: |
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| wepwawet wrote: | Destroyed is destroyed.
You WILL regret sometimes...
So leave it as it is and start collecting old Computers.
Btw THIS is a nice 4040 test system!!! |
except that you have to find something to test it with (the Fluke I belive will work with a dead 4040)
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wepwawet
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| Posted: Wed Sep 01, 2010 4:53 pm Post subject: |
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| CPUShack wrote: | | wepwawet wrote: | Destroyed is destroyed.
You WILL regret sometimes...
So leave it as it is and start collecting old Computers.
Btw THIS is a nice 4040 test system!!! |
except that you have to find something to test it with (the Fluke I belive will work with a dead 4040) |
what can easily be tested by removing the cpu and turn it on:-) |
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